threaten是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 恐吓， 威胁； 有…危险， 快要来临，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And how many of those oysters for which he risked his life had no pearl in them!I watched him closely; his manoeuvres were regular; and for the space of half an hour no danger appeared to threaten him.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In any case if cold did not yet threaten them, the rainy season would begin, and on this lone ly island, exposed to all the fury of the elements, in mid-ocean, bad weather would be frequent, and probably terrible.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The boy made all the speed he could, and Quilp led onward, constantly turning back to threaten him, and urge him to greater haste.
-- Mr List's squint assumed a portentous character, which seemed to threaten a prolongation of this controversy, when his companion, who had been looking sharply at the old man, put a timely stop to it.
-- 'I don't wish to hold out any threats, sir indeed the law does not allow of threats, for to threaten is an indictable offence but if ever you do that again, take care you're not sat upon by the coroner and buried in a cross road before you wake.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Or the removal," persistently continued Ignatius Nikiforovitch, "of those depraved and savage people who threaten the existence of society."
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Soon after, with a drink all round, we lay down to sleep, and the outside of Silver's vengeance was to put George Merry up for sentinel and threaten him with death if he should prove unfaithful.
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